Maria Rivera Maulucci

Associate Professor

Maria S. Rivera Maulucci, Associate Professor of Education, joined the faculty of Barnard in 2004. She is a proud member of the Class of 1988 at Barnard and serves as Co-Fund Chair. Prior to coming to Barnard, Maria served as Director of the Science Professional Development Center for Region One in the Bronx. Her expertise in science pedagogy and teacher education draws on 16 years of experience teaching at the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels. Her interdisciplinary scholarship focuses on how teachers learn to teach for social justice and the role of language, identity, and emotions in teacher development. Professor Rivera is the Principal Investigator for the Barnard College Robert Noyce Teacher Education Scholars Program (BNTSP) funded by the National Science Foundation.

Rivera Maulucci, M. S. (2014, October). Founders Day Panel: New York at Barnard, a faculty panel with Brian Mailloux (Environmental Science) on “Everything New Yorkers Need to Know About Water but ...;”Krista McGuire (Biological Sciences) on “NYC: A Microbial Metropolis;” Maria Rivera Maulucci (Education) on “Learning with NYC’s Teachers;” moderated by Hilary Callahan (Biological Sciences). Barnard College, New York, NY.

Rivera Maulucci, M. S. (2014, April). Discussant: Teacher development for urban schools: From pre-service to induction to teacher leadership. A roundtable presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Rivera Maulucci, M. S. (2014, March). Navigating structure and agency in a textbook-based science unit. A paper presented at National Association of Research in Science Teaching Annual International Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.

Rivera Maulucci, M. S. (2014, March). Exploring teachers’ identity development: The role of affirmations and challenges in transforming science pedagogy. A paper presented at National Association of Research in Science Teaching Annual International Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.

Resisting the marginalization of science in an urban school: Coactivating social, cultural, materials, and strategic resources. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 47(7), 840-860.

Book Chapters

Snow, J. and Rivera Maulucci, M. S. (2017). You can give a bee some water but you cannot make her drink: A socioscientific approach to honey bees in science education. In M. P. Mueller, D. Tippins, & A. J. Stewart (Eds.). Animals in Science Education. New York: Springer International.